Modernist Piano Series

A recital series presenting avant garde and experimental piano music from the 20th and 21st centuries. My mission is to help audiences connect with and make meaning from this music, even the most challenging of styles. I believe that there is still much to appreciate and to learn from this large repertoire, particularly in the United States where it has largely been neglected and dismissed.

Future programs

  • Lachenmann and Sound Itself

    November 2026

    Works by Helmut Lachenmann, Toru Takemitsu, Stockhausen, Debussy, Brahms, and Bach

  • With Hands and Fists

    2027

    Featuring Stockhausen’s Klavierstück X, Rebecca Saunders’ Crimson, and other visceral piano solo works

  • The Spectral Piano

    2028

    Tristan Murail’s Territoires de l’oubli, and other proto- and post-spectral piano works

Past programs

  • Featuring the premiere of my Fantasy for solo piano and works that strongly influenced me as a composer and pianist.

    Fantasy, Op. 49 - F. Chopin
    Jeux d’eau - M. Ravel
    Preludes 6 and 9 - R. Crawford Seeger
    Ballade, Op. 10, no. 4 - J. Brahms
    Fantasy - Stephen Lewis (WORLD PREMIERE)
    Piano Sonata - E. Carter

  • Four Dirges - Bartók
    Nocturne in B major, Op. 62, no. 1 - Chopin
    Klavierstück VII - Karlheinz Stockhausen
    “Night’s Music” from Out of Doors - Bartók
    Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus, I-VI - Olivier Messiaen

  • Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg. The complete solo works of Arnold Schoenberg (Op. 11, 19, 23, 25, 33A, 33B) along with Alban Berg’s Sonata, Op. 1, and Anton Webern’s Variations, Op. 27.

  • Music by Lili Boulanger, George Walker, Beethoven, Chinary Ung, and Ginastera.

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